Kumro Alur Tarkari

Bengalis have a tendency of putting potato in any kind of recipe. It feels as if potatoes are an integral part of all the recipes. You can guess from the average health of all Bengalis, barring some exceptions, generally every Bengali signifies that potato look, a little more fats here and there. I too am not an exception. I like to add potatoes in different curries, though because of peer pressure the quantity has reduced with the passage of time.

Everyday after coming back from office, it’s always a pain staking job to think what to cook for dinner. Last night I was only left out with a piece of pumpkin and some potatoes. In my flat I don’t have a mixer grinder so couldn’t think of experimenting any other curries with that pumpkin. I took to cooking a simple potato pumpkin curry.

This preparation uses a masala that is a widely used spice in Bengali cuisine. As the name suggests (“Five Spices”), panch phoron is a combination of 5 spices, namely mustard seeds (sarse), fennel (mouri), nigella (kalo jeera), cumin (jeera) and fenugreek seeds (methi), you canknow more at Wiki.

Serves 2

Ingredients:

Pumpkin (Kumro): 100gms

Potato (Alu): 2 medium sizes

Onion (Peyaj): 1 small

Green chili (Kacha Lanka): 2

Turmeric powder (Halud Guro): ½ teaspoon

Mustard oil (Sarser Tel): 1 teaspoon

Salt to taste

Preparation:

Heat the oil in a wok

Sauté the onions in the heated oil and throw in the panch phoron

Stir for 30 seconds before adding the vegetables

Put in turmeric powder, salt and the chilies

Stir for 2 -3 minutes, and add ½ cup of water for the vegetables to get cooked properly

As the vegetables get cooked properly, take out from flame and serve with roti, paratha or rice

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what kind of recipe do you want? For starters there is bhaat bhaja or fried rice where you can use carrots. You can also use it in shukto or put some in khichudi. For dessert there is always gajar ka halwa.
If you need any more recipes let me know.

You can buy the five spices anywhere in Bangalore, check out Spencers/ Nilgiris or any big grocery store near to your place. I don’t think you can get the panch phoron as it is, you have to buy the spices and mix it by yourself. That’s how I do it.

hello
thanks for the recipies.i try cooking bengali stuff but mess up most of the times.will try bandhakopir torkari too. i stay in dubai ar ekhane ekhono panch foron dekhini. so made them at home thanks forwriting what they consist of. i missed out on dubai